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About WMO Code Table 0500

Code Table 0500: Cloud Type

Code Figure Meaning
0 Cirrus (Cl)
1 Cirrocumulus (Cc)
2 Cirrostratus (Cs)
3 Altocumulus (Ac)
4 Altostratus (As)
5 Nimbostratus (Ns)
6 Stratocumulus (Sc)
7 Stratus (St)
8 Cumulus (Cu)
9 Cumulonimbus (Cb)
/ Cloud not visible owning to darkness, fog, duststorm, sandstorm, or other analogous phenomena